Most men remember obligations, but not often to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent.

The only true source of politeness is consideration.

The proverb answers where the sermon fails.

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.

Stagnation is something worse than death. It is corruption, also.

Genius is the very eye of intellect and the wing of thought; it is always in advance of its time, and is the pioneer for the generation which it precedes.

It should console us for the fact that sin has not totally disappeared from the world, that the saints are not wholly deprived of employment.

I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor.

The dread of criticism is the death of genius.

Our true acquisitions lie only in our charities - we gain only as we give.

The true law of the race is progress and development. Whenever civilization pauses in the march of conquest, it is overthrown by the barbarian.

Uncomfortable.Lord. I’ve been doing the comfortable thing my whole life, it seems like. And what did it get me? I think it’s about time I did something a little uncomfortable.

And there are so much easier ways to destroy a woman. You don't have to rape her or kill her

​Blind faith may be healthy for the individual mind, but it is not religion.

...knew the futility of agonizing over why things had transpired as they had. What could have happened, did.

If you're a fan of my work and I'm a fan of your work, it just seems logical for us to work on something together.

You just witnessed an old-fashioned rump kicking.

Who lent the Greeks the most money? It was German banks, and for a long time, they were profiting from it quite nicely.

Please give us a simple answer, so that we don't have to think, because if we think, we might find answers that don't fit the way we want the world to be

Remember anything you want that's valuable requires you to break through short-term pain in order to gain long-term pleasure.